CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0144
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 16889) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 October 1996, after 10 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16889
International designator
1986-057D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Jul 1986Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Oct 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 2 months3,729 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.6°N to 63.6°SFinal inclination 63.6°
Mass
4,500 kg
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 63.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.6°N and 63.6°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 2 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1986-057
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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